| 100% | LYTE | 4 | Henry Francis —, author of the words of hymn Abide with Me |
| 95% | LYTE | 4 | Henry Francis —, author of the words of the hymn Abide with Me |
| 43% | JERUSALEM | 9 | Hymn with the lyric "Bring me my chariot of fire!" |
| 40% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 40% | AMBROSE | 7 | With 43-Down, author of the definition |
| 40% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 40% | SAMSMITH | 8 | 2014 Record of the Year winner for "Stay With Me" |
| 40% | SAM | 3 | ___ Smith, singer of the massive hit song "Stay With Me" |
| 39% | MELANIA | 7 | "___ and Me," 2020 book by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff about the author's friendship with the former first lady of the USA |
| 38% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 38% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 38% | TOPLADY | 7 | Augustus, author of the hymn Rock of Ages |
| 38% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of Interview with the Vampire |
| 38% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of "Interview With the Vampire" |
| 38% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 38% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 38% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Henry Wadsworth —, author of poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| 38% | OHARA | 5 | Second word of ''Gone With the Wind'' |
| 37% | PUZO | 4 | Author of the line "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes" |
| 37% | SIRISAAC | 8 | With 48-Across, author of the three laws of motion: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 37% | PEARSE | 6 | Lesley —, author of the novels Remember Me and Father Unknown |
| 37% | PITTER | 6 | With 64-Across, sound of the circled words |
| 37% | NIMBUS | 6 | With 7-Across, sources of the circled words |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | "The Turn of the Screw" author Henry |
| 37% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 37% | MAAM | 4 | Word said with a tip of the hat |
| 37% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 35-Across, author of the classic dystopian novel "Lord of the Flies" |
| 37% | ALGREN | 6 | Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm" |